First off, it sounds like a fool way of tacklin' them; but when you think twice it was the best of all.

They never was expectin' anybody fool enough to walk right into that room and start fightin'.

We went back and had a look at the door.
"It wasn't none too husky.

John Bard, he tried the latch, soft, but the thing was locked, and when he pulled there was a snap.
"'Who's there ?' hollers someone inside.
"We froze ag'in' the side of the house, lookin' at each other pretty sick.
"'Nobody's there,' sings out the voice of old Piotto.

'We can trust Tom Shaw, jest because he knows that if he double-crossed us he'd be the first man to die.' "And we heard Tom say, sort of quaverin': 'God's sake, boys, what d'you think I am ?' "'Now,' says Bard, and we put our shoulders to the door, and takes our guns in our hands--we each had two.
"The door went down like nothin', because we was both husky fellers in them days, and as she smashed in the fall upset two of the boys sittin' closest and gave 'em no chance on a quick draw.